My first foray into a weight room happened because I was too skinny to play high school football. Soon after, during a stay with my brother for the summer, I showed the documentary Pumping Iron everlasting. Suddenly it became bodybuilding lifting weights. I found myself really intrigued at the prospect of being like Big Lou Ferrigno or the poster boy of bodybuilding himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger (side-note: You know that Arnold has made it big in life when the spell checker just corrected his name for me). I retired to the couch and fell asleep to the movies every night that summer, the dream of building a superhuman strength and muscles Hulk-like.
However, I was young and naive to a lot of things that happen "between racks" in bodybuilding competitions / physique. Whether the use of steroids, growth hormone, insulin, or whatever, I was not interested in that side of it. I will not debate whether or Louie Arnold took his "vitamins" because if the answer is not clear enough, I suggest you slap some cold water on your face, wake up and smell the roses. I also find arguing about whether or not steroids are sure to be an act of futility because the investigation is rather disappointing consequences for long-term health of steroids when taken in safe, nominal dose.